Rakim Mayers (born October 3, 1988), better known by his stage name A$AP Rocky, is an American rapper and director. Born and raised in the New York City neighborhood, Harlem, he released the mixtape LiveLoveA$AP in 2011. On December 5, 2011, the BBC announced that he had been nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll. He is currently working on the ASAP Mob album, as well as his debut album, LongLiveA$AP, scheduled to be released in July 2012. Born in 1988, he was named after the hip hop star Rakim, one ha...